Can the stomatal response to higher atmospheric carbon dioxide explain the unusual temperatures during the 2002 Murray-Darling Basin drought?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Cruz, Faye T ^a   Pitman, Andrew J ^a   Wang, Ying Ping ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DROUGHT; HEAT FLUX; LATENT HEAT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; ELEVATED CO; FUTURE CLIMATE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LEAF SURFACES; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; STOMATAL RESPONSE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WARM CONDITIONS; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RADIATIVE FORCING; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

EID: 84887828659     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012767     Document Type: Article

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